diff --git a/Clickhouse/config.xml b/Clickhouse/config.xml
index 40c41c97e2..5325d75c6d 100644
--- a/Clickhouse/config.xml
+++ b/Clickhouse/config.xml
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@
     <!-- Path to temporary data for processing heavy queries. -->
     <tmp_path>/var/lib/clickhouse/tmp/</tmp_path>
 
-    <!-- Disable AuthType plaintext_password and no_password for ACL. -->
+    <!-- Disable AuthType no_password for ACL. -->
     <allow_plaintext_password>1</allow_plaintext_password>
-    <allow_no_password>1</allow_no_password>
-    <allow_implicit_no_password>1</allow_implicit_no_password>
+    <allow_no_password>0</allow_no_password>
+    <allow_implicit_no_password>0</allow_implicit_no_password>
 
     <!-- When a user does not specify a password type in the CREATE USER query, the default password type is used.
          Accepted values are: 'plaintext_password', 'sha256_password', 'double_sha1_password', 'bcrypt_password'.
diff --git a/E2E/Tests/Dashboard/CreateMonitor.spec.ts b/E2E/Tests/Dashboard/CreateMonitor.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2de33d7176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/E2E/Tests/Dashboard/CreateMonitor.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import { BASE_URL, IS_BILLING_ENABLED } from "../../Config";
+import { Page, expect, test, Response } from "@playwright/test";
+import URL from "Common/Types/API/URL";
+import Faker from "Common/Utils/Faker";
+
+test.describe("Monitor Creation", () => {
+  test("should be able to create a new monitor", async ({
+    page,
+  }: {
+    page: Page;
+  }) => {
+    // Register a new user first
+    let pageResult: Response | null = await page.goto(
+      URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+        .addRoute("/accounts/register")
+        .toString(),
+    );
+
+    while (pageResult?.status() === 504 || pageResult?.status() === 502) {
+      try {
+        pageResult = await page.reload();
+      } catch {
+        pageResult = await page.goto(
+          URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+            .addRoute("/accounts/register")
+            .toString(),
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    const email: string = Faker.generateEmail().toString();
+
+    await page.getByTestId("email").click();
+    await page.getByTestId("email").fill(email);
+    await page.getByTestId("email").press("Tab");
+    await page.getByTestId("name").fill("E2E Test User");
+    await page.getByTestId("name").press("Tab");
+
+    if (IS_BILLING_ENABLED) {
+      await page.getByTestId("companyName").fill("E2E Test Company");
+      await page.getByTestId("companyName").press("Tab");
+      await page.getByTestId("companyPhoneNumber").fill("+1234567890");
+      await page.getByTestId("companyPhoneNumber").press("Tab");
+    }
+
+    await page.getByTestId("password").fill("sample");
+    await page.getByTestId("password").press("Tab");
+    await page.getByTestId("confirmPassword").fill("sample");
+    await page.getByTestId("Sign Up").click();
+
+    await page.waitForURL(
+      URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+        .addRoute("/dashboard/welcome")
+        .toString(),
+    );
+
+    // Create a project first
+    await page.getByTestId("create-new-project-button").click();
+    await page.getByTestId("modal").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+
+    const projectName: string =
+      "E2E Monitor Project " + Faker.generateName().toString();
+    await page
+      .locator("#create-project-from input[type='text']")
+      .first()
+      .fill(projectName);
+
+    if (IS_BILLING_ENABLED) {
+      await page.getByTestId("modal-footer-submit-button").click();
+
+      await page
+        .locator("[data-testid^='card-select-option-']")
+        .first()
+        .click();
+
+      await page.getByTestId("modal-footer-submit-button").click();
+    } else {
+      await page.getByTestId("modal-footer-submit-button").click();
+    }
+
+    // Wait for navigation to the project dashboard
+    await page.waitForURL(/\/dashboard\/[a-f0-9-]+/, {
+      timeout: 30000,
+    });
+
+    // Extract the project ID from the URL
+    const projectUrl: string = page.url();
+    const projectIdMatch: RegExpMatchArray | null = projectUrl.match(
+      /\/dashboard\/([a-f0-9-]+)/,
+    );
+    expect(projectIdMatch).not.toBeNull();
+    const projectId: string = projectIdMatch![1]!;
+
+    // Navigate to the monitor creation page
+    await page.goto(
+      URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+        .addRoute(`/dashboard/${projectId}/monitors/create`)
+        .toString(),
+    );
+
+    // Wait for the create monitor form to load
+    await page.locator("#create-monitor-form").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+
+    // Fill in monitor name
+    const monitorName: string =
+      "E2E Test Monitor " + Faker.generateName().toString();
+    await page
+      .locator("#create-monitor-form input[placeholder='Monitor Name']")
+      .fill(monitorName);
+
+    // Select "Manual" monitor type (simplest - no criteria or interval steps needed)
+    await page.getByTestId("card-select-option-Manual").click();
+
+    // Click "Create Monitor" to submit (Manual type has no additional steps)
+    await page.getByTestId("Create Monitor").click();
+
+    // Wait for navigation to the monitor view page
+    await page.waitForURL(
+      new RegExp(`/dashboard/${projectId}/monitors/[a-f0-9-]+`),
+      {
+        timeout: 30000,
+      },
+    );
+
+    // Verify we are on the monitor view page
+    const monitorUrl: string = page.url();
+    expect(monitorUrl).toMatch(
+      new RegExp(`/dashboard/${projectId}/monitors/[a-f0-9-]+`),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/E2E/Tests/Dashboard/CreateProject.spec.ts b/E2E/Tests/Dashboard/CreateProject.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa0268bca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/E2E/Tests/Dashboard/CreateProject.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { BASE_URL, IS_BILLING_ENABLED } from "../../Config";
+import { Page, expect, test, Response } from "@playwright/test";
+import URL from "Common/Types/API/URL";
+import Faker from "Common/Utils/Faker";
+
+test.describe("Project Creation", () => {
+  test("should be able to create a new project", async ({
+    page,
+  }: {
+    page: Page;
+  }) => {
+    // Register a new user first
+    let pageResult: Response | null = await page.goto(
+      URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+        .addRoute("/accounts/register")
+        .toString(),
+    );
+
+    while (pageResult?.status() === 504 || pageResult?.status() === 502) {
+      try {
+        pageResult = await page.reload();
+      } catch {
+        pageResult = await page.goto(
+          URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+            .addRoute("/accounts/register")
+            .toString(),
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    await page.getByTestId("email").click();
+    await page.getByTestId("email").fill(Faker.generateEmail().toString());
+    await page.getByTestId("email").press("Tab");
+    await page.getByTestId("name").fill("E2E Test User");
+    await page.getByTestId("name").press("Tab");
+
+    if (IS_BILLING_ENABLED) {
+      await page.getByTestId("companyName").fill("E2E Test Company");
+      await page.getByTestId("companyName").press("Tab");
+      await page.getByTestId("companyPhoneNumber").fill("+1234567890");
+      await page.getByTestId("companyPhoneNumber").press("Tab");
+    }
+
+    await page.getByTestId("password").fill("sample");
+    await page.getByTestId("password").press("Tab");
+    await page.getByTestId("confirmPassword").fill("sample");
+    await page.getByTestId("Sign Up").click();
+
+    await page.waitForURL(
+      URL.fromString(BASE_URL.toString())
+        .addRoute("/dashboard/welcome")
+        .toString(),
+    );
+
+    // Click the "Create New Project" button
+    await page.getByTestId("create-new-project-button").click();
+
+    // Wait for the project creation modal to appear
+    await page.getByTestId("modal").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+
+    // Fill in the project name
+    const projectName: string =
+      "E2E Test Project " + Faker.generateName().toString();
+    await page
+      .locator("#create-project-from input[type='text']")
+      .first()
+      .fill(projectName);
+
+    if (IS_BILLING_ENABLED) {
+      // Click "Next" to go to the plan selection step
+      await page.getByTestId("modal-footer-submit-button").click();
+
+      // Select the first available plan
+      await page
+        .locator("[data-testid^='card-select-option-']")
+        .first()
+        .click();
+
+      // Submit the form to create the project
+      await page.getByTestId("modal-footer-submit-button").click();
+    } else {
+      // Submit the form to create the project
+      await page.getByTestId("modal-footer-submit-button").click();
+    }
+
+    // Wait for navigation to the project dashboard
+    await page.waitForURL(/\/dashboard\/[a-f0-9-]+/, {
+      timeout: 30000,
+    });
+
+    // Verify we are on the project dashboard
+    const url: string = page.url();
+    expect(url).toMatch(/\/dashboard\/[a-f0-9-]+/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/HelmChart/Public/oneuptime/values.yaml b/HelmChart/Public/oneuptime/values.yaml
index 5846d99aa2..f7e2b650df 100644
--- a/HelmChart/Public/oneuptime/values.yaml
+++ b/HelmChart/Public/oneuptime/values.yaml
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ clickhouse:
         <!-- Disable processors_profile_log entirely — it was 536 GiB and is not needed -->
         <processors_profile_log remove="1" />
 
+        <allow_no_password>0</allow_no_password>
+        <allow_implicit_no_password>0</allow_implicit_no_password>
         <users>
             <${CLICKHOUSE_USER}>
                 <password>${CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD}</password>